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    This document discusses neuropsychological assessment. It begins by defining neuropsychology as a scientific discipline that studies the relationship between behavior and brain functioning in cognitive, motor, sensory, and emotional domains. It then discusses some activities of neuropsychologists like identifying and quantifying diseases of the brain and spinal cord. The document also discusses the differences between a neuropsychologist and psychologist, some areas of overlap between neuropsychology and other fields like neurology and psychiatry, and common reasons for neuropsychological testing like traumatic brain injuries or mental health disorders. Finally, it provides examples of different types of tests used in neuropsychological assessments like IQ tests, memory tests, and tests of executive functioning, perception, and verbal abilities.

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    This document discusses neuropsychological assessment. It begins by defining neuropsychology as a scientific discipline that studies the relationship between behavior and brain functioning in cognitive, motor, sensory, and emotional domains. It then discusses some activities of neuropsychologists like identifying and quantifying diseases of the brain and spinal cord. The document also discusses the differences between a neuropsychologist and psychologist, some areas of overlap between neuropsychology and other fields like neurology and psychiatry, and common reasons for neuropsychological testing like traumatic brain injuries or mental health disorders. Finally, it provides examples of different types of tests used in neuropsychological assessments like IQ tests, memory tests, and tests of executive functioning, perception, and verbal abilities.

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    This document discusses neuropsychological assessment. It begins by defining neuropsychology as a scientific discipline that studies the relationship between behavior and brain functioning in cognitive, motor, sensory, and emotional domains. It then discusses some activities of neuropsychologists like identifying and quantifying diseases of the brain and spinal cord. The document also discusses the differences between a neuropsychologist and psychologist, some areas of overlap between neuropsychology and other fields like neurology and psychiatry, and common reasons for neuropsychological testing like traumatic brain injuries or mental health disorders. Finally, it provides examples of different types of tests used in neuropsychological assessments like IQ tests, memory tests, and tests of executive functioning, perception, and verbal abilities.

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    NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL

    ASSESSMENT
    ABU, Charmine Khay
    LAYDA, Maria Rebekah
    RAMIS, Jeca Mae
    NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

    focuses on psychological impairments of the central

    nervous system and their remediation.

    scientific discipline that studies the relationship

    between behavior and brain functioning in the realms

    of cognitive, motor, sensory, and emotional

    functioning.

    field of study that actively attempts to relate brain

    dysfunction and damage to observable and

    measurable behavioral functioning.


    ACTIVITIES OF

    NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST

    include the identification,

    description, multivariate

    quantification, and treatment of

    diseases of the brain and spinal cord.


    A neuropsychologist views test findings

    through the lens of neurodevelopment.


    PSYCHOLOGIST MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
    VS specializes in how diseases, injuries, and

    NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST disorders of the nervous system affect

    emotions and behaviors.


    NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OVERLAPS
    Neuropsychology and
    Neuropsychology and
    Neuropsychology

    01 Neurology both focus


    02 psychiatry both study
    03 and Psychometrics

    on sensations and
    mood and adaptations
    both use

    perceptions and on
    to psychosocial
    psychological tests.
    motor movements. situations
    WHEN?
    Testing is typically done as part of a

    complex evaluation.

    Referral Question and Chief Complaint

    WHERE?
    Testing Clinics and Offices
    WHY?
    A traumatic brain injury or concussion

    Mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, or

    trauma

    A movement disorder like Parkinson’s disease

    Cognitive disorders like dementia or Alzheimer’s

    disease

    Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and

    ADHD

    Age-related cognitive decline


    HOW?
    Children- dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum

    disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

    Adult - Brain injuries caused by accidents,

    commonly in Athletes or football. Alcohol abuse or

    serious disease such as AIDS or HIV.

    Older Adult - Dementia and for tracking Dementia-

    related changes.
    NEUROANATOMY
    Identification of deficits

    in the left or right

    hemisphere of the brain.

    Wernicke’s aphasia

    Mapping of lesion or

    tumor
    Wernicke’s aphasia

    (word salad)
    DOMAINS OF FUNCTIONING
    [DSM V-TR]
    TYPES OF

    TESTS

    Neurological assessments involve

    a variety of tests that examine

    how you think and behave. These

    tests are both oral and written,

    and look at things like your fine

    motor skills, visual-spatial

    abilities, speed of information

    processing, and emotional and

    social functioning.
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    TESTS OF GENERAL
    INTELLECTUAL
    ABILITY (IQ TEST)

    Wechsler tests
    Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
    Universal Nonverbal Intelligence
    Differential Ability Scales
    RIMBERIO CO

    TESTS TO MEASURE
    THE ABILITY TO
    ABSTRACT
    Wechsler Similarities subtest
    Proverb interpretation
    Identify two objects
    RIMBERIO CO

    TESTS OF EXECUTIVE
    FUNCTION
    Tower of Hanoi
    Porteus-Maze
    Clock-drawing test (CDT)

    Sample Items Used in Neuropsychological


    Assessment
    The Trail Making Test
    The Field of Search
    An Identification Task
    A Picture Absurdity
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    TESTS OF PERCEPTUAL,
    MOTOR, AND PERCEPTUAL-
    MOTOR FUNCTION
    Ishihara (1964) test
    Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test
    Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor
    Proficiency
    Purdue Pegboard Test
    Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test
    RIMBERIO CO

    TESTS OF VERBAL
    FUNCTIONING
    Controlled Word Association Test (formerly
    the Verbal Associative Fluency Test)
    Reitan-Indiana Aphasia Screening Test (AST)
    Multilingual Aphasia Examination
    MEMORY

    Subtypes of Memory

    - Short Term Memory


    - Long Term Memory
    3 BASIC COMPONENTS OF
    MEMORY:

    1. Encoding (learning)
    Types of Memory Encoding: Visual, Elaborative, Semantic and Acoustic

    2. Storage
    Distinct Type of Memory Stoage: Short Term Memory and Long Term Memory

    3. Retrieval (recall)
    RIMBERIO CO

    TYPES OF LONG TERM MEMORY


    IMPLICIT / PRECEDURAL
    MEMORY

    EXPLICIT / DECLARATIVE
    MEMORY

    COMPONENTS OF EXPLICIT MEMORY

    SEMANTIC MEMORY
    EPISODIC MEMORY
    AUTOBIOGRAPHY MEMORY
    TYPES OF MEMORY TEST

    CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST


    (CVLT-II)

    WMS-IV (WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE-4TH


    EDITION)
    ASSESSMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
    Neuropsychological Assessment

    Cerebral angiogram

    CT Scan / computerized axial tomography

    EEG - Electroencephalogram

    EMG - Electromyograph
    ISSUES RELATED TO
    NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL
    ASSESSMENT

    LIMITATIONS / CONCERNS OF
    NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
    THANK YOU

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